Wilkins’ walkoff single leads Nationals past White Sox

The Major League Nationals and White Sox took the field for the first game at the newly renovated Simonds Park lower field.

The game was a pitching dual between two of the leagues best pitchers, Joey Magliozzi for the Nationals and Shane O'Neil for the White Sox. The game came down to a walk-off hit by Zack Wilkins of the Nationals to score Dan Bertellami from third. Peter DeBarros also had a great game hitting for the Nationals and Shane Matthews was 3 for 4 for the White Sox.

Big win for Twins

The Erland Construction Pirates played the A1-Photo Twins under the lights at Simonds Park on Friday May 4. The Twins coasted to a 13-4 victory.

The Twins scored in the first when Nick Desimone doubled to drive in one and scored himself on an error. Meanwhile, Ibs Aburumman pitched a scoreless first for the Twins and Derek Decastro pitched the next three innings allowing only one run.

The Twins plated seven runs in the third. A double by DeCastro started the inning and hits by Dalton Barucci, Joey Scali and another by Decastro brought in the runs.

The Twins added a run in the fourth on hits by Barucci and Mike Gulesarian.

Cody Case blasted a home run over the right field fence in the third for the first Pirate run.

The Twins plated four more runs to push their lead to 13-1. With two outs in the sixth the Pirates managed to push across three runs with the help of a John Brown single.

The Pirates came right back to Simonds on Saturday morning to face the Oriole's. Evan Andreatta had two doubles, a triple and a long home run to lead the O's to a 15-6 victory.

The Pirates jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Singles by John Brown and Cody Case plus a walk to Matt Martin loaded the bases. Matt Theriault singled to left center to drive in two. Dominic Calicchio singled in two more and the fifth run came in on an error.

Andreatta tripled and scored on a Scott Hospod single. The O's added three unearned runs in the third of Pirate starter Cody Case, who pitched a great game for three innings, allowing only one earned run and striking out six Oriole's. CJ Grinnell reached on an error. He and Eddie Ellis (single) scored on a double by Evan Andreatta. After a Devon Drugg hit, Cameron Frank hit a long drive to the fence in center to score Andreatta. A textbook play by Billy Restivo and Dominic Calicchio cut down Drugg trying to score from first. Restive retrieved the ball and hit the cutoff man Calicchio who threw a strike to Jonathan Adams at the plate to nail Drugg.

Jonathan Adams hit a double in the gap in right center and then stole third and scored on the over throw to put the Bucs up six to four after four. Devin Drugg then shut down the Pirates over the final two innings.

Meanwhile, the O's scored eleven runs over the final three innings, highlighted by Evan Andreatta's home run to right center. Andreatta, Eddie Ellis and Devon Drugg each had two hits to pave the way to the 11 runs and a final score of 15-6.

Pirates beat Cubs

The Erland Construction Pirates rolled to their third win in a row beating the Fish House Cubs 8-3 at Simonds Park under the lights on Saturday May 12. Cody Case started on the mound for the Pirates and shut out the Cubs in his three innings of work, giving up just one hit to Chris Ikier.

he Pirates scored two in the second when Matt Theriault and Jon Adams walked to start the inning. Theriault scored on Dean Boodakian's hit and Adams would score on Dominic Calicchio's second hit of the game.

Mat Theriault took over the mound for the Bucs in the fourth and the Cubs tied the game. Peter Dawe had an infield hit and JP Scola walked. Both scored on Chris Ikier's triple to right to tie the game. Theriault bore down and struck out the next batter to end the inning.

The Pirates bounced back with four in the home half of the fourth. Theriault opened the inning with double to deep right. Jon Adams brought him home with a long double to left center. Dean Boodakian walked and then Jack Noonan singled to bring in Adams. Nick Zenkin then singled to drive in Boodakian and Noonan to put the Pirates ahead 6-2. The Bucs padded their lead with two more in the fifth.Matt Martin, Jon Adams and Boodakian all walked to load the bases. Jack Noonan then singled to right to bring home Martin and Adams. JP Scola walked in the sixth for the Cubs and with some aggressive base running and managed to score to make the final 8-3. Matt Theriault managed to strike out eight batters in his three innings.

The Pirates continued to play good defense with Dean Boodakian, Jack Noonan and Evan Burt contributing to a great team victory.

Pirates top Marlins

The Erland Construction Pirates met the Marlins at soggy Regan Park on May 11. The Pirates were down to nine players, but brought their bats and gloves to play. The Pirates scored seven runs in the top of the first. Billy Restivo walked and moved to third on John Brown's single. Dominic Calicchio then brought in two with a solid single to right center. Jon Adams infield single scored Matt Martin. Dean Boodakian then singled in Calicchio. Evan Burt continued the hit parade with a sharp single to right to plate Adams and Boodakian with the sixth and seventh runs of the inning.

The Marlins got one back in the first when Cody Crocker tripled in Shane Morgan who walked. Matt Martin opened the second for the Pirates with a single to center. Dominic Calicchio was hit by a pitch and both runners moved up on Jonathan Adams sacrifice. Both runners scored on Boodakian's second hit of the game. Meanwhile, Dominic Calicchio pitched strong for the Pirates and shut down the Marlins in the second and third innings. He was aided by a nice catch in left by Nick Zenkin and also a good play while playing first and two nice plays at second by Jack Noonan.

Dean Boodakian took over the mound duties for the Pirates in the fourth and after giving up a hit with the bases loaded to bring in a run, then struck out the next three batters to end the threat.

Boodakian got his third hit in the fourth and he scored on Evan Burt's second hit who also scored on an over throw.

Calicchio made a great catch in center field to rob Morgan of a hit.

The Marlins were able to score three runs in the sixth. Crocker and Brendan Cody started the rally with hits. A great play at second by Noonan got the second out and after a couple of errors Evan Burt made a nice play at short to end the game.

Pirates edge A’s

The Erland Construction Pirates faced the Gochis Insurance A's at Memorial Field Tuesday May 8 and won, 5-3.

The A's scored in the top of the first when Anthony Cruz singled in Steven Vienneau who reached on a fielders choice. Billy Restivo made a nice running catch in center for the second out of the inning.

Cruz pitched the first for the A's and retired the side in order.

The A's added a run in the second. Bob Silva walked and scored on hits by Chris Arria and Michael Garcia.

The Pirates pulled a head in the second. Matt Martin started the inning with a single. Billy Restivo walked with one out and Martin scored on Dominic Calicchio's single. Dean Boodakian then ripped a two out single to right to bring two more and give the Pirates a three to two lead.

The A's tied the game in the third when Steven Vienneau reached on an error and scored on Anthony Cruz's second hit of the game to knot the score at three.

Matt Theriault came on in relief of Jonathan Adams who made his 2007 debut on the mound. Theriault would shut down the A's over the final three.

The Pirates went on top in the fourth when Billy Restivo reached on an error and scored when Dominic Calicchio came up with a clutch hit to drive in Restivo. The Bucs added an insurance run in the fifth as Dean Boodakian singled off the bag at first and scored on a wild pitch.

The A's threatened in the top of the sixth. Austin Cummings reached on an error and advanced to second on bunt attempt. With one out AJ Johnson walked and both runners advanced to second and third. With the tying runs in scoring position Matt Theriault struck out the hot hitting Cruz and the next batter to seal the victory for the Pirates. Congratulations to both teams on a well played game.